6 hrs 5 mins | FictionNebraska native Willa Cather set many of her books - including her second novel, "O Pioneers" - in the Midwest and often touched on themes of immigration, the challenges of the agricultural industry and the struggles of workaday farmers in her novels. The fact that she actually grew up amid the same people whose stories she depicts gave her books an authenticity that made her novels extremely popular.
In "O Pioneers," we meet the Bergsons, a family of farmers in the fictional town of Hanover, Nebraska who have emigrated to America from Sweden. When the family patriarch dies, the runnin...
Nebraska native Willa Cather set many of her books - including her second novel, "O Pioneers" - in the Midwest and often touched on themes of immigration, the challenges of the agricultural industry and the struggles of workaday farmers in her novels. The fact that she actually grew up amid the same people whose stories she depicts gave her books an authenticity that made her novels extremely popular.
In "O Pioneers," we meet the Bergsons, a family of farmers in the fictional town of Hanover, Nebraska who have emigrated to America from Sweden. When the family patriarch dies, the running of the farm falls to the eldest daughter, Alexandra, who struggles to make the farm viable and provide for the family. Eventually, the focus turns to the romantic entanglements of Alexandra and her brother as well as touching upon the enormous difficulties of running a farm at the turn of the last century.
At times funny, touching, tragic and beautiful, "O Pioneers" was a great success when it was first released and the book has been adapted into both a 1992 film and a 2009 opera of the same name. It is presented here in its original and unabridged format.
| # | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | O Pioneers - Intro |
0 mins 16 secs |
| 2. | O Pioneers - Dedication |
1 mins 15 secs |
| 3. | O Pioneers - Chapter 1.1 |
20 mins 12 secs |
| 4. | O Pioneers - Chapter 1.2 |
15 mins 07 secs |
| 5. | O Pioneers - Chapter 1.3 |
20 mins 07 secs |
| 6. | O Pioneers - Chapter 1.4 |
21 mins 20 secs |
| 7. | O Pioneers - Chapter 1.5 |
9 mins 34 secs |
| 8. | O Pioneers - Chapter 2.1 |
11 mins 49 secs |
| 9. | O Pioneers - Chapter 2.2 |
13 mins 26 secs |
| 10. | O Pioneers - Chapter 2.3 |
21 mins 13 secs |
| 11. | O Pioneers - Chapter 2.4 |
12 mins 53 secs |
| 12. | O Pioneers - Chapter 2.5 |
5 mins 25 secs |
| 13. | O Pioneers - Chapter 2.6 |
15 mins 10 secs |
| 14. | O Pioneers - Chapter 2.7 |
5 mins 34 secs |
| 15. | O Pioneers - Chapter 2.8 |
12 mins 47 secs |
| 16. | O Pioneers - Chapter 2.9 |
6 mins 23 secs |
| 17. | O Pioneers - Chapter 2.10 |
10 mins 59 secs |
| 18. | O Pioneers - Chapter 2.11 |
8 mins 17 secs |
| 19. | O Pioneers - Chapter 2.12 |
3 mins 48 secs |
| 20. | O Pioneers - Chapter 3.1 |
19 mins 38 secs |
| 21. | O Pioneers - Chapter 3.2 |
5 mins 44 secs |
| 22. | O Pioneers - Chapter 4.1 |
20 mins 00 secs |
| 23. | O Pioneers - Chapter 4.2 |
8 mins 05 secs |
| 24. | O Pioneers - Chapter 4.3 |
8 mins 26 secs |
| 25. | O Pioneers - Chapter 4.4 |
5 mins 53 secs |
| 26. | O Pioneers - Chapter 4.5 |
6 mins 17 secs |
| 27. | O Pioneers - Chapter 4.6 |
11 mins 02 secs |
| 28. | O Pioneers - Chapter 4.7 |
10 mins 14 secs |
| 29. | O Pioneers - Chapter 4.8 |
4 mins 28 secs |
| 30. | O Pioneers - Chapter 5.1 |
15 mins 10 secs |
| 31. | O Pioneers - Chapter 5.2 |
15 mins 07 secs |
| 32. | O Pioneers - Chapter 5.3 |
11 mins 45 secs |
| 33. | Biography of Willa Cather |
2 mins 17 secs |
| 34. | O Pioneers - Outro |
0 mins 30 secs |
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